St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-18
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY.

The most pleasing event of this week
will be the rendering of the caiitata,
The Birth of Christ" Friday evening
in the university chapel. Preparations
are being made for fine cOstum-
ing. The parts will be taken
by the following singers: Santa
Claus and Frost Kings. F. kerfoct bass !;
Guardian Angel. Miss Maud Rose ::
First Angel. Miss Ada Door; Second
Angel. Miss Mamie Stevens; Faith.
Miss Eta b. Higgins; Hope. Miss May
Webb; Charity, Miss Ella Door;
Goddess of Dreams, Mrs. Z. Church !;
Goddess of Love. Miss Hattie Rose :;
First Shepherd. Prof. A. Il. Drew; Sec
ond Shepherd, ID. III. Tandy; Third Shef-
herd, p. Showers; Fourth Shepherd, ".
Tuckey; Sophie. - Miss Winnie Bloom
field: Jessie. Miss Jessie Evans. Quar-
tette, Misses A. johnson and Matte
Clark, MeSSrS. Webster al. d Tandy.
Hamline university will close Tues
day noon for the Christmas holidays.
1t is also the closing OF the fall term, a
term which has been the most success
full in her history. as she has had in
attendance about 300 students. an in
crease of As per cent over that of last year.
The faculty was enlarged last term by
the addition of new chair in biology.
This chair was filled by DIR. Osborne. of
Perdue university, Indiana, who has
given great satisfaction. The increase
III the college departments called for a
new building. and last summer the
new Science hall was erected and COM
pleted This hall is one of the finest in
the West and will be dedicated at 2
o'clock Thursday, Jan. ). Among the
speakers present will be Rev. +. o. Hol-
man. of Minneapolis. The winter term
will open Jan. 5.
A very lively time was INDUCED in OH
Friday evening in the literary societies
on the occasion of the election OF officers
of the coming winter term. In
the PhilOmathean society the
officers elected are president. A. j.
Sutton; vice president, W. III. Morgan;
secretary, q. E. Young; treasurer. J.
II. Beck: critic, NJ. E. Sloan: chaplain.
j. A. cambridge. In the Amphictyon
society they are as follows: President,
G.. E. McCrea; vice president, II. +.
Wright; secretary, II. l.. II. Lord :;
treasurer. Arthur Edwards. critic, Nj.
Il. Morrill,: chaplain, L. ii. Ellsworth :;
executive committee. S. F. Kerfoot. W.
E. Brink and {. L. Ridgway.
A pleasant social gathering occurred
last Wednesday evening at the home of
Rev. 5. b. Warner, under the auspices
of the Ladies Aid Society OF the NJ. E.
Church. Among those present were
DR.. and Mrs. W. Mckinley, DIR.
and Mrs. CarrOuthers, DR.. and
Mrs. A. W. Edwards, Mesdames
II. X. Evans, A. L. Drew, Wallace A.
Clark and Chamberlain. Misses Wood,
Matte Clark, May Webb, Winnie War
ner, Eta Higgins, S. B. Higgins, Evans,
Ada and Minnie Door. Maggie Share,
Winnie Hoyt, Holbach. Chipperfeld,
c. Hammonds, Vena Dunlap. Terrence
and Eastman.
The Chautauqua circle meets this
week at the residence of DR.. G.. S. Innis.
The programme will be on Emerson and
his works.
DR.. and Mrs. Osborne have been en-
jOying a visit this last week from Mrs.
Cook, of Lafayette. Ind.
Miss Stella Winston, a former student,
was married last week to Mr.. McFar-
land. of Minneapolis.
Miss Nettie Green. a former student
from Fargo, called Oh her friends in the
hall on Monday.
L. J. Dorsh visited his former class
mates last week